maandag 3 mei 2021

Robots Of The Ancient World - Mystic Goddess

 

 

Robots Of The Ancient World – Mystic Goddess
SmallStone Records – 2021
Rock, Hard, Stoner
Rated: *****

The intro starts with a rock noir sound that reminds of The Gun Club and Madrugada before shifting gear and turning into some blissful seventies inspired rock, heavenly fuzzed, bass heavy and with those twin guitars weaving, dancing and riffing. It’s the new Mystic Goddess record by Portland quintet Robots Of The Ancient World. Recorded in the notorious Seattle Soundhouse Studios with the aid of the grunge godfather Jack Endino himself, as well as his longtime protégé Mikel Perkins, the eight tracks all have their very own identity. As we mentioned, that opening title-track has those two faces that blend wonderfully into each other. Follow-up Wasteland keeps its cards close to its chest; slow burning its soul into your heart with those passionate vocals and intensely pronounced guitars. The album turns atavistic stoner, in the very Kyuss sense of the word with that third chugging track Agua Caliente. Powerful riffs, devastating the landscape, pulverizing the dunes. Sure, there’s that widened middle part to contend with, which can be seen as the moments you stand there on top of those dunes, enjoying the view of the desert landscape. Out Of The Gallows contains in that vein and will have you howling along with the refrain without any doubt or hesitation. Colossal in every sense of the word! Which you can state about the entire record in fact, a record that shows off the many faces of Robots Of The Ancient World. And we haven’t even mentioned that cathedral, almost eleven minutes long, track called Lucifyre; which ends with quotes from a David Icke interview, if we’re not mistaken… There is no possible universe in which you will not dig this record. There is simply no way. Who do you think you are?


(Written by JK)


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